For all the harrumphing about Woods's score in 1997, he broke the record by only one stroke.

They were only short of a milk stout amongst their comedic harrumphing.

Master Belkin was not alone in his real-estate harrumphing.

A pause, then the breathy harrumphing of Lehne's voice.

Catchclaw stuck her head in, took in Chekov and made a harrumphing kind of sound.

Although there was less reason to wallow in a winter funk, there was considerable harrumphing about the brown landscape.

Mr. Schickel's tone is even and measured, with the occasional harrumphing "as it were" or "it would seem" to underscore its authority.

This accusation of impropriety was met with shocked harrumphing, since most of the assembled critics had indeed participated in a Government junket to attend the opening.

Some T.I.C.A. members resent the harrumphing.

Given the harrumphing by legislators that Oregon voters never intended to fund suicide when they approved the 1994 referendum, the era of government-subsidized death will probably soon be over.

And the mighty British Medical Association (BMA), whose harrumphing once looked like destroying the programme, has been reduced to squabbling about doctors' terms of employment.

But Mr. Bush's harrumphing does nothing to achieve better leadership in Palestine; if anything, it strengthens Mr. Arafat and boosts Hamas as well.

Like Larkin, his best friend from the 1940s on (though he callously neglected the friendship in later years), he took a mordant delight in presenting himself as a near-caricature of the harrumphing, intolerant, reactionary Englishman.

Political leaders and commentators in Western Europe said today that they were generally satisfied with the Soviet-American summit conference, but there was little outright cheering and even some harrumphing that the results were for the most part predictable.

The inspiration for their harrumphing was Georgia Gov. Zell Miller's proposal to spend $105,000 a year to provide each of the approximately 100,000 babies born annually in the state with a free cassette tape or CD of classical music.

With much harrumphing and muttering the showroom manager explained that unfortunately Mr Ritchie was regrettably unable to collect his vehicle on the Monday due to an inopportune incident with a seagull, requiring the bonnet to be resprayed.

The debate has the style of a Westminster confrontation, and you get the strong impression that even the complete no-hopers must sneak off at home to lie in the bath to practise cries of 'shame', 'hear, hear' and other parliamentary harrumphing.

To the Editor: With all your harrumphing about campaign finance reform and Janet Reno (editorial, Sept. 4), you have not pointed a finger at the real culprit of campaign corruption: the Supreme Court decision that campaign money is free speech.

In the face of headlines like one in Die Welt recently saying that the new embassy would "shine as a construction gap" in Pariser Platz, the American Embassy in Bonn has responded with a degree of diplomatic harrumphing.

The program led off with a fanfare by William Schuman called "Showcase," composed for the Houston Symphony, based on a movement from his "American Hymn" of 1981, first performed in this guise in 1986 and fairly inconsequential, as such proclamatory harrumphing tends to be.

The Major harrumphed a couple of times and then got to his feet.

Even so, some on the board are harrumphing about the benefit, the first in the club's 67 years.

Bo harrumphed when I passed the story along to her.

It's one of those harrumphing words that are better replaced with the simple but.

Harrumphing under his breath, he got himself a beer and sat back down.

He harrumphed and said he had to make a phone call.

His mother harrumphed a bit, but added, "He looks better.

The scientist harrumphed and set his burden on the desk.

"Not the way to treat a person of my rank," the man harrumphed.

"And some people say that playing computer games is a waste of time," Sally harrumphed.

McCoy harrumphed, doing his best to act like the professional he was cracked up to be.

The Captain harrumphed and began shouting orders to cast off.

McCoy's expression was still full of surprise, but he harrumphed softly.

Harrumphing a bit, he walked back to the center of the bridge and stood right near the ensign.

He harrumphed at such moral weakness before he went on.

This is not the first time in the last 25 years that intellectuals - on the right or left - have loudly harrumphed about politics.

"I thought you were saying good-bye, not giving speeches," he harrumphed.

Manchester dropped the tube from her mouth and harrumphed in pleasure.

Hubert harrumphed, sending a column of smoke into the air.

"Their blue suits mean business as usual," she harrumphed.

There was once a lot of harrumphing about politics taking on the values of entertainment.

Duncan harrumphed and headed back toward his desk, though he didn't sit down.

Mueller harrumphed rather loudly, bringing matters quickly back on track.

He harrumphed at the very absurdity of the notion.

The British are harrumphing about the royal fortune again.